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Long-term care association calls for mandatory vaccines for Manitoba care home workers
COVID-19.Executive director Jan Legeros says this wouldn’t be a new policy for health care workers.“It’s healthcare — and if you choose to work in healthcare, you will have to make choices about how you care for people you’ve committed to look after,” Legeros says.“When I went into nursing, we had to be vaccinated against everything you can think of before we could even get near a patient.”Currently, newly hired health care workers and students in Manitoba must show proof of vaccination for:Shared Health also says staff and students are also encouraged to maintain immunizations for diphtheria, the mumps and polio, as well as influenza and chicken pox.Legeros’ statements are echoed across the country, as both the Canadian Medical Association